G.R. No. 129459 – 357 Phil. 631 – 296 SCRA 631 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction In 1989, San Juan Structural and Steel Fabricators, Inc. (San Juan) alleged that it entered into a contract of sale with Motorich Sales Corporation (Motorich) […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
G.R. Nos. 116124-25 – 399 Phil. 38 – 345 SCRA 335 – Mercantile Law – Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction Bibiano Reynoso IV was the branch manager of Commercial Credit Corporation – Quezon City (CCC-QC), a branch of Commercial Credit Corporation (CCC). It was alleged that Reynoso was […]
G.R. No. 125469 – 346 Phil. 218 – 287 SCRA 232 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Extent of Power of the Securities and Exchange Commission – PSE is under the jurisdiction of SEC Puerto Azul Land, Inc. (PALI) is a corporation engaged in the real estate business. […]
G.R. No. L-37331 – 58 Phil. 141 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Proper Action Against Corporation Allegedly in Violation of the Corporation Code In 1927, Benguet Consolidated Mining Company, registered as a sociedad anonima (type of legal entity with two or more shareholders) under the Spanish Law, […]
G.R. No. L-36181 – G.R. No. L-36748 – 203 Phil. 173 – 117 SCRA 804 – Taxation Law – Basic Principles – Courts Cannot Issue Mandamus to Compel CIR to Collect Taxes In 1967, Juan Maniago informed the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (CIR) that MERALCO Securities Corporation did not […]
Taxation Law – Due Process Requirement In November 1998, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, through one of its Revenue District Office conducted a tax investigation on the books of accounts of A. Brown Co., Inc. (ABCI) for the period of 1997. The examiner found that ABCI is liable for […]
G.R. No. 178697 – 649 Phil. 519 – 635 SCRA 234 – Taxation Law – Coverage Period of a Letter of Authority In November 1998, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue issued a Letter of Authority numbered 19734 (LOA 19734) which authorized certain revenue examiners to examine Sony Philippines’ books […]